| ANENCEPHALY | • anencephaly n. A lethal birth defect in which most of the brain and parts of the skull are missing; absence of the encephalon. • ANENCEPHALY n. congenital absence of all or part of the brain, also ANENCEPHALIA. |
| CYANOPHYTES | • cyanophytes n. Plural of cyanophyte. • CYANOPHYTE n. a blue-green alga. |
| DODECAPHONY | • dodecaphony n. (Music) 12-tone music, a form of composition using all 12 tones of the chromatic scale in such a way… • DODECAPHONY n. twelve-tone music, also DODECAPHONISM. |
| HYPERACTION | • hyperaction n. Excessive action, as of a biological system. • HYPERACTION n. abnormally high activity. |
| HYPERCAPNIA | • hypercapnia n. (Medicine, pathology) the condition of having an abnormally high concentration of carbon dioxide in the blood. • HYPERCAPNIA n. the presence of excessive amounts of carbon dioxide in the blood, also HYPERCARBIA. |
| HYPERCAPNIC | • hypercapnic adj. Exhibiting or relating to hypercapnia. • HYPERCAPNIC adj. relating to hypercapnia. |
| HYPOCENTRAL | • hypocentral adj. (Geology) Of or pertaining to the hypocentre of an earthquake. • HYPOCENTRAL adj. relating to a hypocenter. |
| LYCANTHROPE | • lycanthrope n. A werewolf. • lycanthrope n. More generally, any sort of were-creature. • LYCANTHROPE n. a werewolf; a person suffering from lycanthropy, also LYCANTHROPIST. |
| PARENCHYMAL | • parenchymal adj. Of or pertaining to parenchyma. • PARENCHYMAL adj. of or like a parenchyma, a generalized cell or tissue in a plant, also PARENCHYMATOUS. |
| PARENCHYMAS | • parenchymas n. Plural of parenchyma. • PARENCHYMA n. the ordinary soft thin-walled tissue of plants, not differentiated into conducting or mechanical tissue. |
| PERICYNTHIA | • PERICYNTHION n. the point at which a spacecraft in lunar orbit is nearest to the moon. |
| PERIONYCHIA | • PERIONYCHIUM n. tissue surrounding a nail. |
| PHLYCTAENAE | • PHLYCTAENA n. (Greek) a small blister or vesicle, also PHLYCTENA. |
| PHYCOPHAEIN | • PHYCOPHAEIN n. a brown pigment found in seaweeds. |
| PHYSICIANER | • PHYSICIANER n. a doctor; someone legally qualified to practise medicine, also PHYSICIAN. |
| PREACHINGLY | • preachingly adv. In a way that preaches. • PREACHING adv. advocating urgently. |
| PROSENCHYMA | • prosenchyma n. (Botany) The tissues formed of elongated cells, especially those with pointed or oblique extremities… • PROSENCHYMA n. supporting plant tissue containing little protoplasm. |
| SCENOGRAPHY | • scenography n. The design of theatrical sets. • scenography n. The art or act of representing a body on a perspective plane. • scenography n. A representation or description of a body, in all its dimensions, as it appears to the eye. |
| TACHYPNOEAS | • tachypnoeas n. Plural of tachypnoea. • TACHYPNOEA n. abnormally rapid respiration, also TACHYPNEA. |
| TEPHROMANCY | • tephromancy n. Alternative form of tephramancy. • TEPHROMANCY n. divination by ashes. |